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George Soros is on the brink of becoming the most prominent philanthropist the world has ever seen. Recently, the brilliant businessman revealed that he had wired a total of $18 billion to his non-profit organization, OSF. The Wall Street Journal described George Soros’ act as one of the most significant acts of charity in the recent days.

George Soros is one of the who’s who in the sectors of business and philanthropy. His illustrious career spans over several eons and is a tale of hard work, calculated moves, and sheer luck. George Soros is not only involved with programs that make him more wealth. The businessman is a force to reckon with in international politics and the world of philanthropy. Soros has nurtured a battalion of future leaders through quality educational programs and motivational talks. The entrepreneur who gained popularity in the circles of business when he wagered a single bet against the British Pound and earned a tidy $1 billion in 24 hours is revered for his wit and calculated moves in the investment world. Soros has also documented his life and philosophies in several publications such as the Tragedy of The European Union.

George is never afraid of pursuing that which he thinks will bring a positive impact to communities across the globe. Most of his books articulate the issues which are affecting the global economy because of over-reliance on capitalistic ideologies. As an individual who always comes out to speak against poor leadership, George Soros has managed to spark different conversations around leadership and democracy. Soros holds several honorary degrees from various institutions of higher learning in the United States for his outstanding career in philanthropy and politics. The Yale School of Management and the University of Oxford are among the many universities that have recognized Soros’ impact to the global economy.

George Soros is an inspiration to budding entrepreneurs on how they can take their rightful place in the society and be part of solutions that will define the future of humanity. The Apartheid period in South Africa brought out the generosity in the businessman. George Soros stood with black students who were denied an education because of their race. He offered scholarships and grants to black students so that they could gain knowledge and bring change to their communities. In the United States alone, George Soros is extensively involved with programs that seek to protect the rights of minority groups such as the LGBT community, sex workers and victims of drug abuse. Know more on cnbc.com about George Soros.

George Soros is actively pursuing is a quest to nurture future leaders who can hold their governments accountable. According to George Soros, not much can be achieved until people learn the importance of open, transparent, just and responsible rulers to the growth of society. A big part of his fortune has been channeled into initiatives that seek to empower the minds of young people so that they can demand better leadership from their democratically elected leaders. His charity, the Open Society Foundations has achieved tremendous results in mitigating humanitarian crises across the globe. Learn more at The Atlantic.

Fox Business Channel host Trish Regan has been forthright in her views that the supporters of U.S. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders do not fully understand what he stands for; to combat the problem she sees with Sanders reliance on socialist policies Regan invited Human Rights Foundation founder Thor Halvorssen to her show, “The Intelligence Report”, to discuss socialism and the Presidential race. The result was both an entertaining and informative discussion on the benefits and drawbacks of socialism based upon his own experiences of living under different kinds of governments.

Although he has based his Human Rights Foundation in New York and works as a Hollywood film producer Thor Halvorssen was born in Venezuela and has lived under the rule of conservative, left leaning, and socialist governments. Halvorssen is therefore able to give his opinion on both the definition of socialism and how it can affect an entire nation of people; the definition of socialism given by Thor Halvorssen revealed his deep knowledge of politics and how much he cares about the subject. The producer of a documentary on the uprising in Hungary against Socialist rule in the mid 20th century also looked at his own personal experiences with a socialist dictatorship, which resulted in his own parents losing their human rights at the hands of government officials.

After detailing the problems and benefits of socialism Thor Halvorssen went on to explain his own view that the only candidate he can safely vote for is the self described Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders. Halvorssen revealed his view that the leading candidates for each of the two main parties have links to nations and groups that go against the work he has been completing with the Human Rights Foundation and the Oslo Freedom Forum.

Alongside the human rights issues Thor Halvorssen has revealed about the leading candidates in the U.S. Presidential race he has also explained the problems he now finds with many of the GOP candidates and their racist rhetoric. Halvorssen explained he struggles to cope with much of the rhetoric used by the main Republican candidates and has therefore chosen to give his support to Sanders in the form of a financial donation.

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is an impartial profitless structure that advocates and safeguards human rights pandemic ally with direct emphasis on closed societies, and merges people in the prevailing cause, of guarding human rights and advancing liberal democracy.
Their undying aim is to safeguard the fact that basic freedom is precious,conserved and defended throughout the universe.
Their embedded commitment to individual liberty strives to raise consciousness about the susceptibility of freedom, their focal point is on the founding ideals of the human rights evolution,especially those most vividly embodied in the 1976 International Covenant on Civil Rights (ICCPR)
Their agenda supplies education about what establishes a free culture,why freedom is of the utmost importance,how freedom is cultivated and preserved,and to continue the efforts for liberty in those regions that are the most perilous.
They do not excuse or agree with violence.
The Human Rights Foundation was integrated in 2005, and opened its offices in New York in 2006.
The president of HRF is Thor Halvorssen, a human rights crusader and film producer.
He was born Thor Leonardo Halvorssen Mendoza in 1976, in Venezuela, whose mother Hilda Mendoza is the ancestor of Venezuela’s first two presidents, Cristobal Mendoza and Simon Bolivar.
His father Thor Halvorssen,served as Venezuelan Ambassador of Anti-Narcotics-Affairs in the governing body of Carlos Andres Perez.
Thor Halvorssen has made substantial contributions in the realm of public policy interest, protagonism,respective human rights, civil liberties and affirmative democratic ideology.
In August 2007, the New York Times has classified him as a “maverick” who inspires the underdog and the low powered.Thor Halvorssen possesses a burning, thriving desire to correct the injustices in this world and has totally committed himself to this endeavor, with relentless intensity to equal that of the dictatorship he embedded in his sights, furthermore he does not concern himself if those injustices are being formulated by “right or left wing” extremists.
On December 18, 2015 the HRH requested that Nicki Minaj cancel her appearance at the Christmas festival in Angola, sponsored by Unitel,because Unitel is a communications enterprise controlled by the family of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who is considered to be a political tyrant by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Organization.
HRH further acknowledges that the money that she received from her Angolian constituents, is the effect of government corruption and human rights violations.
Despite critical appraisal, Nicki Minaj performed anyway.